Tyler Brûlé, Rob Cox, Marcus Schögel and Gillian Dobias cover the weekend’s news. Plus, what’s making the headlines on the pages of Greece’s ‘Kathimerini’ newspaper, and a check-in with our Bangkok correspondent Gwen Robinson.
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Saturday Morning: Latest Headlines From London
Georgina Godwin has the weekend’s biggest stories with newspaper reviewer Simon Brooke. Plus, our editor in chief Andrew Tuck’s column and tips for choosing your spa holiday.
Morning News: Biden’s $6 Trillion Budget, Post-Pandemic Food Delivery
A.M Edition for May 28. Can food-delivery companies be profitable? WSJ’s Heather Haddon looks at their strategies. Details of President Biden’s proposed $6 trillion budget are expected to be released today. The Jersey Shore sees a revival. Marc Stewart hosts.
Morning News: New China Coronavirus Lab-Leak Probe, Latin America Slump
The suggestion that the virus first emerged from a Chinese laboratory has proved stubbornly persistent; as calls mount for more investigation, it has become a potent epidemiological and political idea.
Latin America’s strict lockdowns have had the expected calamitous economic effects. We look at the region’s prospects for recovery. And the tricky business of artificially inseminating a shark.
Morning News: Rise In Employee Marijuana Use, Trump Business Probe
A.M. Edition for May 26. WSJ’s Matt Grossman discusses the increase in marijuana use among American workers.
CEOs of the biggest banks are set to testify before lawmakers starting today. A special grand jury is convened in the investigation into the Trump Organization. Marc Stewart hosts.
Morning News: Police Reform 1-Year After George Floyd Murder
Protests have followed police killings in America with saddening regularity, but the scope of demonstrations following George Floyd’s murder may mark a turning point in how policing is monitored and regulated.
We speak to Lee Merritt, an attorney for Mr Floyd’s family, and to our United States editor—asking how likely cultural and structural changes are to take hold.
Morning News Podcast: Remote Worker Issues, Apple Trial, Inflation
A.M. Edition for May 24. WSJ’s Vanessa Fuhrmans on how some bosses still aren’t sure remote workers are as committed as employees at the office.
The trial of Apple and ‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games nears an end. After paying off credit card debt, borrowers wonder what to pay off next. Peter Granitz hosts.
Analysis: Race In America, Green Investment Boom, Nato Soldiers’ Phones
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: race in America, the green investment boom (10:00), and why NATO increasingly sees its soldiers’ phones as a liability (21:50).
Sunday Morning: Latest Headlines From Zurich, London And Hong Kong
Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck, Benno Zogg and Gillian Dobias on the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. Plus: a Eurovision debrief from Monocle 24’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco.
Saturday Morning News: Latest Headlines From London (May 22, 2021)
Georgina Godwin sets the tone for the weekend. A look at the day’s newspapers; editor of London’s ‘The Evening Standard’ Emily Sheffield on The Stories festival due to take place in September; plus: a visit to the German pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
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